Open AccessDo meteorological changes and air pollution increase the risk of pneumonia?
Author(s) -
Engin Şahin,
Berna Akıncı Özyürek,
Barış Dulkadir
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
tuberkuloz ve toraks/tüberküloz ve toraks
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.157
H-Index - 18
ISSN - 0494-1373
DOI - 10.5578/tt.20219903
Subject(s) - sunshine duration , medicine , wind speed , pneumonia , humidity , emergency department , environmental science , air pollution , relative humidity , meteorology , christian ministry , geography , philosophy , chemistry , theology , organic chemistry , psychiatry
Our study aimed to evaluate the relationship between pneumonia, air pollution (sulfur dioxide [SO2] and particulate matter [PM10]) and meteorological data (atmospheric pressure, amount of rainfall, temperature, rate of humidity, sunshine duration and wind velocity).